Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Clownishness; buffoonery.
  • noun Ribaldry; profligacy; profligate practice.
  • noun The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness.
  • noun A name of contempt or opprobrium for a woman.
  • noun False show; meretriciousness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story.
  • noun The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness.
  • noun Anything meretricious.
  • noun obsolete A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage.

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  • noun The trade of a harlot; prostitution.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun offering sexual intercourse for pay

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  • "A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage."

    --from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

    March 5, 2018

  • All this time I've been checking in suitcases at the airport when I could have been taking my harlot.

    March 7, 2018